* [metrics-server addon] Restore connecting to nodes via IP addresses ([#76819](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76819), [@serathius](https://github.com/serathius))
* Fixes a NPD bug on GCI, so that it disables glog writing to files for log-counter ([#76211](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/76211), [@wangzhen127](https://github.com/wangzhen127))

  so cluster operators can opt in to omit managed fields of the request and response bodies from 
  being written to the API audit log. ([#94986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94986), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, Cloud Provider and Testing]

* Kubernetes 1.16.5+ now requires go1.13.4+ to build  ([#85019](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85019), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fix LoadBalancer rule checking so that no unexpected LoadBalancer updates are made ([#85990](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85990), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

### Bug or Regression

- Fix missing delete events on informer re-lists to ensure all delete events are correctly emitted and using the latest known object state, so that all event handlers and stores always reflect the actual apiserver state as best as possible ([#115900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115900), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG API Machinery]

## Changelog since v1.17.15

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Add a new flag to set priority for the kubelet on Windows nodes so that workloads cannot overwhelm the node there by disrupting kubelet process. ([#96159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96159), [@ravisantoshgudimetla](https://github.com/ravisantoshgudimetla)) [SIG Node]

- Fixed a regression since 1.27.0 in scheduler framework when running score plugins. 
  The `skippedScorePlugins` number might be greater than `enabledScorePlugins`, 
  so when initializing a slice the cap(len(skippedScorePlugins) - len(enabledScorePlugins)) is negative, 

### Bug or Regression

- Fix missing delete events on informer re-lists to ensure all delete events are correctly emitted and using the latest known object state, so that all event handlers and stores always reflect the actual apiserver state as best as possible ([#115901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115901), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG API Machinery]

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- Fix: skip instance not found when decoupling vmss from lb ([#105836](https://github.com/kubern...

### Bug or Regression

- Fix missing delete events on informer re-lists to ensure all delete events are correctly emitted and using the latest known object state, so that all event handlers and stores always reflect the actual apiserver state as best as possible ([#115899](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115899), [@odinuge](https://github.com/odinuge)) [SIG API Machinery]